I still feel bombarded by outer glow. Please don't take this the wrong way, but using outer glow in its default (or near default) settings seems pretty amateurish to me… Using it even sub-50% usually does the job, and a straight white isn't always the way to go. For instance, for the abbreviations you can use a light blue at a decently low opacity. The tert names don't need to have such a huge spread.

Also, I don't think your army circles need to be so big. They're 22px now? 20px is usually good.

the.killing.44 wrote:I still feel bombarded by outer glow. Please don't take this the wrong way, but using outer glow in its default (or near default) settings seems pretty amateurish to me… Using it even sub-50% usually does the job, and a straight white isn't always the way to go. For instance, for the abbreviations you can use a light blue at a decently low opacity. The tert names don't need to have such a huge spread.

Also, I don't think your army circles need to be so big. They're 22px now? 20px is usually good.

No problem .44! How's this for the outer glow? As for the circles, I think you can go either way so I'll keep them the way they are so Gillian doesn't have to redo all the co-ordinates AGAIN!

porkenbeans wrote:WOW, nice direction Isaiah. I like the smooth background. Like I said earlier, the texture was just too much. It was cluttering it up. It also looks much nicer that you have lightened it up.

The outer glow on the text needs some work. If you even need it at all now. 44 is right.

What might look good, is if you throw a drop shadow on the stars to give hem a little relief from the flat surface.

Coming along very nicely, I believe that I am starting to really like this map now.

Thank you Pork! Please see above response to .44! Put a very faint drop shadow on the capitals, just enough for them to pop up, but not enough for them to jump off the page and slap you in the face

WidowMakers wrote:I would move all your abbreviated words a few pixels to the right to keep them off the border of the map.

WM

Fixed!

Here are the new revision's!

Changes:- Reduced text outer glow- Moved abbreviation legend to the right- moved Long Island text and circle so it is more clearer what is where- Moved South Carolina text and circle so the numbers don't run into each other

The text glow is much better, and I think the same thing should be done for the barbed wire, in both color and style.

One small thing, the black needs to be turned down on the arrows bevel setting. They are starting to loose their shape.

Gotta say again, that until now, I was just luke warm on this map. But now, I seem to be warming up to it. I would say one thing. The land area could go just a tad lighter if anything. Whatever you do please don't make it any darker.

The text glow is much better, and I think the same thing should be done for the barbed wire, in both color and style.

One small thing, the black needs to be turned down on the arrows bevel setting. They are starting to loose their shape.

Gotta say again, that until now, I was just luke warm on this map. But now, I seem to be warming up to it. I would say one thing. The land area could go just a tad lighter if anything. Whatever you do please don't make it any darker.

the.killing.44 wrote:Wundervoll.

Thank you to the both of you!! Pork concerning the legend area, it will stay as it is due to the majority saying to leave it as it is, it doesn't need any more work. The land area was lightened up a bit from what Mr.Benn suggested and then stamped it with that GR stamp, so I'm inclined not to mess with it anymore, lest I make it look worse.

The arrows look fine to me, and since the Gr stamp has been issued they will stay as they are. Although if you can please explain to me what you mean be they are losing their shape, that would be great!

The arrows on your sig are clear and precise. You can see the sharp points on them, but the new ones have too much black, that is causing them to loose their shape and blend in to the black background.

The outer glow on the text is perfect, and the barbed wire is suffering the same thing that the text was.

I realize that you already have your Graphic stamp, and I am only nitpicking.

These are the only 2 things that I can find to nitpick about. So, I will at this point just say "good job", and onward and upward.